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ISBN: 978-0-7556-3752-2

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Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Nachfolgestaaten ; Gesellschaft ; Politik ; Wirtschaft ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung

Author information: Merdzanovic, Adis.

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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 457 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 1-108-57373-8 , 1-108-57534-X , 1-108-63534-2

Content: This friendly guide is the companion you need to convert pure mathematics into understanding and facility with a host of probabilistic tools. The book provides a high-level view of probability and its most powerful applications. It begins with the basic rules of probability and quickly progresses to some of the most sophisticated modern techniques in use, including Kalman filters, Monte Carlo techniques, machine learning methods, Bayesian inference and stochastic processes. It draws on thirty years of experience in applying probabilistic methods to problems in computational science and engineering, and numerous practical examples illustrate where these techniques are used in the real world. Topics of discussion range from carbon dating to Wasserstein GANs, one of the most recent developments in Deep Learning. The underlying mathematics is presented in full, but clarity takes priority over complete rigour, making this text a starting reference source for researchers and a readable overview for students.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2020). , Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Preface -- Nomenclature -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Why Probabilities? -- 1.2 Events and Probabilities -- 1.2.1 Events -- 1.2.2 Assigning Probabilities -- 1.2.3 Joint and Conditional Probabilities -- 1.2.4 Independence -- 1.3 Random Variables -- 1.4 Probability Densities -- 1.5 Expectations -- 1.5.1 Indicator Functions -- 1.5.2 Statistics -- 1.6 Probabilistic Inference -- 1.A Measure for Measure -- 2 Survey of Distributions -- 2.1 Discrete Distributions -- 2.1.1 Binomial Distribution -- 2.1.2 Hypergeometric Distribution -- 2.1.3 Poisson Distribution -- 2.2 Continuous Distributions -- 2.2.1 Normal Distribution -- 2.2.2 Gamma Distribution -- 2.2.3 Beta Distribution -- 2.2.4 Cauchy Distribution -- 2.3 Multivariate Distributions -- 2.3.1 Multinomial Distribution -- 2.3.2 Multivariate Normal Distribution -- 2.3.3 Dirichlet Distribution -- 2.4 Exponential Family -- 2.A The Gamma Function -- 2.B The Beta Function -- 3 Monte Carlo -- 3.1 Random Deviates -- 3.1.1 Estimating Expectations -- 3.1.2 Monte Carlo Integration -- 3.2 Uniform Random Deviates -- 3.3 Non-Uniform Random Deviates -- 3.3.1 Transformation Method -- 3.3.2 Rejection Sampling -- 3.3.3 Multivariate Deviates -- 4 Discrete Random Variables -- 4.1 Bernoulli Trials -- 4.2 Binomial Distribution -- 4.2.1 Statistical Properties of the Binomial Distribution -- 4.2.2 Cumulants -- 4.3 Beyond the Binomial Distribution -- 4.3.1 Large n Limit -- 4.3.2 Poisson Distribution -- 4.3.3 Multinomial Distribution -- 5 The Normal Distribution -- 5.1 Ubiquitous Normals -- 5.2 Basic Properties -- 5.2.1 Integrating Gaussians -- 5.2.2 Moments and Cumulants -- 5.3 Central Limit Theorem -- 5.4 Cumulative Distribution Function of a Normal Distribution -- 5.5 Best of n -- 5.6 Multivariate Normal Distributions -- 5.A Dirac Delta. , 5.B Characteristic Function for the Cauchy Distribution -- 6 Handling Experimental Data -- 6.1 Estimating the Error in the Mean -- 6.1.1 Computing Means with Errors -- 6.1.2 Bernoulli Trials -- 6.2 Histogram -- 6.3 Significance Tests -- 6.4 Maximum Likelihood Estimate -- 6.A Deriving the T-Distribution -- 7 Mathematics of Random Variables -- 7.1 Convergence -- 7.1.1 Laws of Large Numbers -- 7.1.2 Martingales -- 7.2 Inequalities -- 7.2.1 Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality -- 7.2.2 Markov's Inequality -- 7.2.3 Chebyshev's Inequality -- 7.2.4 Tail Bounds and Concentration Theorems -- 7.2.5 Chernoff Bounds for Independent Bernoulli Trials -- 7.2.6 Jensen's Inequality -- 7.2.7 Union Bound -- 7.3 Comparing Distributions -- 7.3.1 Kullback-Leibler Divergence -- 7.3.2 Wasserstein Distance -- 7.A Taylor Expansion -- 7.B Hoeffding's Bound for Negatively Correlated Random Boolean Variables -- 7.C Constrained Optimisation -- 8 Bayes -- 8.1 Bayesian Statistics -- 8.2 Performing Bayesian Inference -- 8.2.1 Conjugate Priors -- 8.2.2 Uninformative Priors -- 8.2.3 Model Selection -- 8.3 Bayes with Complex Likelihoods -- 8.3.1 Hierarchical Models -- 8.3.2 MAP Solution -- 8.3.3 Variational Approximation -- 8.4 Latent Variable Models -- 8.4.1 Hidden Markov Models -- 8.4.2 Variational Auto-Encoders -- 8.5 Machine Learning -- 8.5.1 Naive Bayes Classifier -- 8.5.2 Graphical Models -- 8.A Bertrand's Paradox -- 9 Entropy -- 9.1 Shannon Entropy -- 9.1.1 Information Theory -- 9.1.2 Properties of Entropy -- 9.2 Applications -- 9.2.1 Mutual Information -- 9.2.2 Maximum Entropy -- 9.2.3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 9.3 Beyond Information Theory -- 9.3.1 Kolmogorov Complexity -- 9.3.2 Minimum Description Length -- 9.3.3 Fisher Information -- 9.A Functionals -- 10 Collective Behaviour -- 10.1 Random Walk -- 10.2 Branching Processes -- 10.3 Percolation -- 10.4 Ising Model. , 10.5 Self-Organised Criticality -- 10.6 Disordered Systems -- 11 Markov Chains -- 11.1 Markov Chains -- 11.1.1 Markov Chains and Stochastic Matrices -- 11.1.2 Properties of Stochastic Matrices -- 11.1.3 Ergodic Stochastic Matrices -- 11.2 Markov Chain Monte Carlo -- 11.2.1 Detailed Balance -- 11.2.2 Bayes and MCMC -- 11.2.3 Convergence of MCMC -- 11.2.4 Hybrid Monte Carlo -- 11.3 Kalman and Particle Filtering -- 11.3.1 The Kalman Filter -- 11.3.2 Particle Filtering -- 11.3.3 Approximate Bayesian Computation -- 11.A Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of General Square Matrices -- 12 Stochastic Processes -- 12.1 Stochastic Processes -- 12.1.1 What Are Stochastic Processes? -- 12.1.2 Gaussian Processes -- 12.1.3 Markov Processes -- 12.2 Diffusion Processes -- 12.2.1 Brownian Motion -- 12.2.2 Stochastic Differential Equations -- 12.2.3 Fokker-Planck Equation -- 12.2.4 Stationary Distribution of Stochastic Processes -- 12.2.5 Pricing Options -- 12.3 Point Processes -- 12.3.1 Poisson Processes -- 12.3.2 Poisson Processes in One Dimension -- 12.3.3 Chemical Reactions -- A Answers to Exercises -- A.1 Answers to Chapter 1. Introduction -- A.2 Answers to Chapter 2. Survey of Distributions -- A.3 Answers to Chapter 3. Monte Carlo -- A.4 Answers to Chapter 4. Discrete Random Variables -- A.5 Answers to Chapter 5. The Normal Distribution -- A.6 Answers to Chapter 6. Handling Experimental Data -- A.7 Answers to Chapter 7. Mathematics of Random Variables -- A.8 Answers to Chapter 8. Bayes -- A.9 Answers to Chapter 9. Entropy -- A.10 Answers to Chapter 10. Collective Behaviour -- A.11 Answers to Chapter 11. Markov Chains -- A.12 Answers to Chapter 12. Stochastic Processes -- B Probability Distributions -- Table B1. Discrete Univariate Distributions -- Table B2. Continuous Univariate Distributions -- Table B3. Continuous and Discrete Multivariate Distributions. , Bibliography -- Index.

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ISBN: 1788317963 , 9781788317986 , 9781788317993 , 9781788317962

Content: "What are the consequences of Yugoslavia's existence - and breakup - for the present? This book reflects on this very question, identifying and analysing the political legacies left behind by Yugoslavia through the prism of continuities and ruptures between the past and present of the area. After the collapse of Yugoslavia, it's former states adopted a nation-building process which opted to eradicate the past as such an approach seemed more convenient for the new national projects. The new states adopted new institutions, new market-oriented economic paradigms and new national symbols. Yugoslavia existed for 70 years and to consider the current political situation in post-Yugoslav states such as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Kosovo without taking into account the legacy and remnants of Yugoslavia is to discount a vital part of their political history. This volume takes a multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted approach to examining the legacy of Yugoslavia, covering politics, society, international relations and economics. Focusing on distinctive features of Yugoslavia including worker self-management, the combination of liberalism and communism and the Cold War policy of Non-Alignment, The Legacy of Yugoslavia places Yugoslavia in historical perspective and connects the region's past with its contemporary political situation."--

Content: Introduction (Othon Anastasakis, Adam Bennett, David Madden, Adis Merdzanovic) -- Part I. Politics and Society -- 1. Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony's College, Oxford): Liberalism in Yugoslavia: before and after the disintegration -- 2. Denisa Kostovicova (LSE), Adam Fagan (Queen Mary University, London), and Ivor Sokolic' (LSE): Civil society in post-Yugoslav space: The test of discontinuity and democratisation. -- 3. Catherine Baker (Hull University):Music, media and culture one generation after Yugoslavia: do we still need "nostalgia?" -- Part II: International Affairs -- 4. Ljubica Spaskovska (Exeter University): Transformations of global citizenship in the former Yugoslavia: The legacies of Yugoslav non-aligned multilateralism -- 5. James Ker-Lindsay (LSE):Between a Borderless Yugoslavia and a Europe without Borders: The Legacy of Territorial Disputes in the Western Balkans -- 6. Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, Oxford):Parallel trajectories and legacies of the past: Russia and Turkey in the Western Balkans -- Part III: Economics -- 7. Adam Bennett (St Antony's College, Oxford):Macroeconomic Stability and Enterprise -- Self-Management in Yugoslavia: An Impossible Marriage -- 8. Milica Uvalic (University of Perugia): What happened to the Yugoslav economic model? -- 9. Peter Sanfey (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD): Are Yugoslav successor states on the path to sustainable market economies? -- Conclusion (Othon Anastasakis, Adis Merdzanovic, Adam Bennett and David Madden) -- Index

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 228 Seiten) : , Diagramme, Karten.

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 978-1-7883-1798-6 , 978-1-7883-1799-3

Content: "What are the consequences of Yugoslavia's existence - and breakup - for the present? This book reflects on this very question, identifying and analysing the political legacies left behind by Yugoslavia through the prism of continuities and ruptures between the past and present of the area. After the collapse of Yugoslavia, it's former states adopted a nation-building process which opted to eradicate the past as such an approach seemed more convenient for the new national projects. The new states adopted new institutions, new market-oriented economic paradigms and new national symbols. Yugoslavia existed for 70 years and to consider the current political situation in post-Yugoslav states such as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Kosovo without taking into account the legacy and remnants of Yugoslavia is to discount a vital part of their political history. This volume takes a multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted approach to examining the legacy of Yugoslavia, covering politics, society, international relations and economics. Focusing on distinctive features of Yugoslavia including worker self-management, the combination of liberalism and communism and the Cold War policy of Non-Alignment, The Legacy of Yugoslavia places Yugoslavia in historical perspective and connects the region's past with its contemporary political situation."

Note: Mit Index. - Angekündigt auch unter dem abweichenden Titel: "The political legacy of Yugoslavia" , Introduction (Othon Anastasakis, Adam Bennett, David Madden, Adis Merdzanovic) -- Part I. Politics and Society -- 1. Adis Merdzanovic (St Antony's College, Oxford): Liberalism in Yugoslavia: before and after the disintegration -- 2. Denisa Kostovicova (LSE), Adam Fagan (Queen Mary University, London), and Ivor Sokolic' (LSE): Civil society in post-Yugoslav space: The test of discontinuity and democratisation. -- 3. Catherine Baker (Hull University):Music, media and culture one generation after Yugoslavia: do we still need "nostalgia?" -- Part II: International Affairs -- 4. Ljubica Spaskovska (Exeter University): Transformations of global citizenship in the former Yugoslavia: The legacies of Yugoslav non-aligned multilateralism -- 5. James Ker-Lindsay (LSE):Between a Borderless Yugoslavia and a Europe without Borders: The Legacy of Territorial Disputes in the Western Balkans -- 6. Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, Oxford):Parallel trajectories and legacies of the past: Russia and Turkey in the Western Balkans -- Part III: Economics -- 7. Adam Bennett (St Antony's College, Oxford):Macroeconomic Stability and Enterprise -- Self-Management in Yugoslavia: An Impossible Marriage -- 8. Milica Uvalic (University of Perugia): What happened to the Yugoslav economic model? -- 9. Peter Sanfey (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD): Are Yugoslav successor states on the path to sustainable market economies? -- Conclusion (Othon Anastasakis, Adis Merdzanovic, Adam Bennett and David Madden) -- Index. - Mode of access: World Wide Web

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Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Nachfolgestaaten ; Gesellschaft ; Politik ; Wirtschaft ; Konferenzschrift

DOI: 10.5040/9781788317986

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 47 pages) , diagrams

ISBN: 1557757577 , 9781557757579

Series Statement: Occasional papers Occasional paper no. 171

Content: Dollarization - the holding by residents of a substantial portion of their assets in foreign-currency-denominated assets- is a common feature of developing and transition economies, and therefore typical of many countries with IMF - supported adjustment programs. This paper analyzes policy issues that arise-and various monetary strategies that may be pursued- when the monetary sector is dollarized, and it considers the implications that dollarization has for the design of IMF programs

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe International Monetary Fund Monetary policy in dollarized economies Washington, DC : International Monetary Fund, 1999 ISBN 1557757577

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; US-Dollar ; Geldpolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Geldpolitik ; Wechselkurs ; US-Dollar

DOI: 10.5089/9781557757579.084

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ISBN: 1557754926 , 9781557754929

Series Statement: Occasional papers Occasional paper no. 128

Content: This paper is Part I of a two-volume study conducted as a part of the IMF's ongoing process of evaluating its lending facilities. It focuses on IMF-supported programs and macroeconomic performance during 1988-92, reflecting information available through the end of 1993. Part I provides an overview of the experiences during the arrangements reviewed: it describes the initial conditions faced in these countries, the adjustment strategies adopted, the degree to which programs were implemented, and the extent of sustained adjustment experienced

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe IMF conditionality ; Pt. 1: Key issues and findings Washington, DC : Internat. Monetary Fund, 1995 ISBN 1557754926

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DOI: 10.5089/9781557754929.084

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ISBN: 1557753504 , 9781557753502

Series Statement: Occasional papers Occasional paper no. 108

Content: This paper explores the experience of six countries (Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Mexico, Spain and Thailand) with capital inflows. It illustrates that although capital inflows are usually beneficial, too great an inflow can become a problem and make it difficult for authorities to choose the appropriate policy response

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Recent experiences with surges in capital inflows Washington, DC : Internat. Monetary Fund, 1993 ISBN 1557753504

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Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Kapitalbewegung ; Wirtschaftspolitik

DOI: 10.5089/9781557753502.084

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ISBN: 1557755000 , 9781557755001

Series Statement: Occasional papers Occasional paper no. 129

Content: This paper is part II of a two-volume study conducted as a part of the IMF's ongoing process of evaluating its lending facilities. It focuses on IMF-supported programs and macroeconomic performance during 1988-92, reflecting information available through the end of 1993. Part I (Occasional Paper No. 128) provides an overview of the principal issues and findings and distills the main message for future programs. Part II presents detailed examinations of selected policy issues in five background papers

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe IMF conditionality ; Pt. 2: Background papers Washington, DC : Internat. Monetary Fund, 1995 ISBN 1557755000

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ISBN: 1451965052 , 9781451965056

Series Statement: IMF Policy Discussion Papers Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment No. 94/18

Content: This paper discusses some of the issues that concern the operation of currency boards, by comparison to conventional exchange rate pegs, and looks at the experiences of three examples of this type of arrangement: Argentina (from 1991), Hong Kong (from 1983) and Estonia (from 1992). In all three cases, the implementation of currency boards or equivalent arrangements played a significant role in their successful stabilization programs. Currency boards derive their strength from the fact that they severely constrain the policy maker’s room for manoeuvre, by comparison to conventional pegs. They generally require an even stricter and less forgiving attitude to bank failure, wage and price rigidities and other disturbances than do exchange rate pegs in general. This is a Paper on Policy Analysis and Assessment and the author(s) would welcome any comments on the present text. Citations should refer to a Paper on Policy Analysis and Assessment of the international Monetary Fund mentioning the author(s) and the date of issuance. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the Fund

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bennett, Adam Currency Boards: Issues and Experiences Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994 ISBN 9781451965056

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DOI: 10.5089/9781451965056.003

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Format: graph. Darst., Tab., Lit. S. 470

ISSN: 0020-8027

In: Internationaler Währungsfonds, Staff papers, Washington, DC, 1950, 40(1993), 2, Seite 451-470, 0020-8027

Language: English